Biography of the seventeenth century churchman and writer. EX-LIBRARY with neat withdrawn stamp and tags to endpapers. Stamp to title page and label to spine. Light marking to covers. Otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Sensitive series of sketches of life behind-the-scenes in the Scotland of the 19th century and earlier. Established from historical articles in the Daily Herald. Includes a retired soldier, a lady's maid and a 'moral force'. Top edge gilt. Fore edge rough [more...]
Revised and expanded edition to include native american and african american history. A compliation of signpost markers, many now removed, that detail virginia's history. Light mark to fore-edge. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Early reprint of Sitwell's account of the lives of two of his ancestors, drawn from their journals and written from their perspective. With b/w images an decorated initials. Dust jacket is torn with loss to top and tail of spine and marked, rubbed. Toning t [more...]
Sumptuously illustrated account of Belgium's medieval and gothic past with 20 tipped in colour images by Bruckman. No date but c. 1910. Toning to spine. Foxing to fore-edge. Contents tight and sound. Good+ [more...]
Biography of the Cambridge antiquarian, who grew up around the university and had a unique look at college life. Rubbing and marking to covers. Light foxing to page edge. Contents sound. Good. [more...]
Handsome edition of Smiles' biography of the Potter and early industrialist who later became a leading abolitionist. Decorative red cloth with gilt to spine. Fore-edge rough cut. Large John Murray catalogue to rear. Sunning to spine. Light foxing to end-pa [more...]
Account of this boom period for Country Houses and how it changed the physical and cultural landscape. With b/w images. Some light rubbing to edges. Contents crisp and clean. Very good. [more...]
Wilson classic text on the history, design and craft of bookmaking. With numerous b/w images and diagrams. Some creases to cover, otherwise crisp and clean. Very good. [more...]
Swift but scholarly history of Greece from pre-history to the hellenistic period. Some rubbing to edges. Marking to page edges. Contents sound. Good. [more...]
Second edition of the second series. a collection of essays and reviews culled from various publications on Ancient Greece and Rome. Previous owner's bookplate to front-pastedown. Mild sunning to spine and tanning to page edges. Contents clean and sound. [more...]
First edition of the third series. A collection of essays and reviews culled from various publications on late antiquity and the early middle ages. Previous owner's stamp to half-title. Mild sunning to spine and tanning to page edges. Contents clean and so [more...]
From the New Library Edition of Parkman's work, featuring the latest revisions. Top edge gilt. Bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
With tissue guarded frontisportrait. Some sunning to spine. Bumping to edges. Mild foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Pleasant edition of Thackeray's historical novel. With gilt and blind-stamped decoration to covers. Top edge gilt. Tissue guarded frontispiece. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Spine slightly cocked. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. [more...]
Superb Folio Society volume detailing some of the earliest expeditions to ancient Egypt with a special view to how the sights and artworks were recorded. With copious colour and b/w images, including paintings by David Roberts and from the Description de L'Eg [more...]
